Waterfalls of the North Island
One of the things we have enjoyed most in our exploration of New Zealand is the waterfalls. The country is as green as it is due to lots of rainfall, and the rain creates lots [...]
Sacrifice and Consecration: Creating an Exhibit – Part 4
Opening Day The whole Mendenhall Building was bustling when we arrived about 9:15 on Saturday 22 May (after an utterly sleepless night). Michael went upstairs immediately to turn on the museum’s electronic displays and ensure [...]
Sacrifice and Consecration: Creating an Exhibit – Part 3
Event Planning Invitation for the opening events Invitation for the Sunday events Elder and Sister E’s plan for the opening of the Sacrifice and Consecration exhibit included much more than a [...]
Sacrifice and Consecration: Creating an Exhibit – Part 2
Design Modular wall panels introduce the exhibit and display stories about The Call and The Construction Camp With the story content for each thematic section of the Sacrifice and Consecration exhibit taking shape, [...]
Sacrifice and Consecration: Creating an Exhibit – Part 1
Concept Tuhikaramea before development Two days after we arrived in New Zealand, Elder and Sister G, who were then the directors of the Matthew Cowley Pacific Church History Centre, showed us a PowerPoint [...]
Hui Tau – Day 3: Easter
Easter morning in the Bay of Islands Glorious morning rays were breaking over the not-quite-purple east as we walked along the shore of the Bay of Islands early on Easter Sunday. As senior [...]
Hui Tau – Day 2
Initially, the only Church History missionaries assigned to attend Hui Tau 2021 in Kaikohe were Elder and Sister T (Alan and Wendy). As acquisitions and oral history specialists, they are responsible for making video and [...]
Hui Tau – Day 1
Since the mid 1830s, whenever The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has sought to expand into a new country or region of the world, it has sent proselytizing missionaries to preach, convert, and [...]
South Island Trip – Aoraki/Mount Cook to Christchurch
Having drunk nothing stronger than ice water and gone to bed before midnight the previous evening, our group of five full-time senior missionaries was able to get a reasonably early start on the first day [...]
South Island Trip – Queenstown to Aoraki/Mount Cook
Our chance for a helicopter flight over Aoraki/Mount Cook on the last day of 2020 was dependent on getting to the airfield before noon. Weeks earlier, Michael had booked a 2:30 p.m. heli-tour, but on [...]